Early Canadian Gardening: An 1827 Nursery Catalogue
by Woodhead, Eileen
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0773517316
- ISBN 13
- 9780773517318
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. cloth, dust jacket,viii, 304 pages : illustrations, Includes the text in facsimile of: Catalogue of fruit & ornamental trees, flowering shrubs, garden seeds and green-house plants, bulbous roots & flower seeds / by William W. Custead. "Reproducing a rare 1827 plant and seed catalogue, possibly the earliest existing catalogue of its kind in Canada, Early Canadian Gardening presents an extensive range of garden plants - trees, shrubs, fruits, and flowers - that were grown for food, medicines, and dyes as well as for beauty. Eileen Woodhead provides a detailed description and brief history of the cultivation and use of each plant in the catalogue. .
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1125557711
- Title
- Early Canadian Gardening: An 1827 Nursery Catalogue
- Author
- Woodhead, Eileen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0773517316
- ISBN 13
- 9780773517318
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Horticulture -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century.Gardening -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century.Botany -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century.Seeds -- Catalogs.Plants -- Catalogs.Horticulture -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.Gardening -
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- Gardening; Botany;
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